IBM Running Linux On Secure Hardware

Schmad writes: "IBM announced at LinuxWorld today that IBM Research and Cryptographic Appliances have Linux running on FIPS 140 Level 4 hardware. Imagine, Linux running in a totally secure environment! Peter Gutmann, father of the crypto toolkit cryptlib, has some things to say about it here."

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Re:Allows for protection of intellectual property?

[Diomedes01]

So this new hardware will allow for the protection of intellectual property, which in turn will allow for cesorship and government control over the internet. This doesn't sound like good news to me.

Jesus H. Christ on a freakin' popsicle stick, man! I am really tired of people who immediately blow up when they hear the phrase "intellectual property". Yes, there have been some stupid patents approved by the US Patent Office. Yes, companies have been crying "protect intellectual property" whenever someone comes up with a way to view/edit/manipulate "protected" data. Does this mean that intellectual property is bad? No.

All this means is that some intellectual property laws need overhauling, and the Patent Office needs a swift kick in the ass. I bet that if you invented something that could conceivably make you a lot of money, you wouldn't want every Joe Schmoe making a cheap knock-off of it and selling it for 1/4 the price you could have charged. Someone will always lose; TANSTAAFL. Either the inventors lose, and there's no more innovation, or the consumers pay a bit more and support people who are inventing and making our world better.